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On T-Rex and Scientific Literacy

We went up to NYC to visit friends and family after ALA. While we were there we went to the American Museum of Natural History (followed by a late lunch at the Columbus Ave Shake Shack – an altogether lovely afternoon). In one of the dinosaur exhibits I saw this sign —

I really liked these choices that were made at the AMNH. They presented a strong point of view on an issue about which there is some controversy (the relationship between dinosaurs and birds), presented it as a point of view, but also didn’t suggest that any opinion on this issue is therefore equally valid – awesome dinosaur bones plus an expectation that viewers are smart enough to consider questions of evidence in a sophisticated way.